Kansas OKs Bill to Reinstate Happy Hour

Kansas House members have approved a bill that would reinstate happy hour at bars, restaurants, and clubs across the state.

Kansas House members have approved a bill that would reinstate happy hour at bars, restaurants, and clubs across the state.

The vote Wednesday was 80-41, sending the bill to the Senate, which has already approved a similar measure.

The intent is to repeal a law that prohibits businesses that sell alcoholic drinks from setting different prices at different times of the day. The ban on happy hour dates to 1985 when legislators worried about increasing alcohol abuse.